Endocrine System Organs and their Functions
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| Endocrine Gland | It produces and releases chemical products directly into the bloodstream. Blood carries the chemicals throughout the body.
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| Hormones | They are a chemical product of the endocrine gland. They speed up or slow down the activities of organs and tissues. They are produced when the brain sends a signal to the endocrine gland.
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| Target Cell | It is a cell that recognizes certain hormone chemical structures. Hormones only react with certain ___________.
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| Hypothalmus | It is part of the brain near the middle of the head that links the nervous and endocrine systems.
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| Pituitary Gland | This gland communicates with the hypothalmus to control the body's activities. The _________ gland releses hormones in response to a signal from the hypothalmus.
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| Thyroid Gland | It's hormones release energy from food molecules during respiration. The pituitary gland signals the _________ gland to produce hormones.
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| Parathyroid Gland | It releases hormones that regulate the amount of calcium in the blood.
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| Adrenal Gland | The ___________ gland produses adrenaline which triggers the body to react to emergency situations. This gland also releases hormones that balance the amount of salt and water in the kidneys and controls the amount of sugar in the blood.
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| Thymus | It produces hormones that help the immune system fight infection.
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| Pancreas | It produces two hormones (insulin and glucagon) that control the level of the sugar glucose in the blood.
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| Ovaries | The _________ release female sex hormones such as estrogen.
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| Testes | The __________ release male sex hormones such as testosterone.
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| Negative Feedback | It "turns off" the system when a certain amount of a hormone is in the blood.
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